Adult Learner Support

Jax State defines adult learners as students 25 years of age or older pursuing a higher education degree.  Academic Support and Success in the Student Success Center strives to assist adult learners in achieving their educational goals.  Adults in college often face unique challenges.  The responsibilities of family, work, and college can be both demanding and difficult.  Sometimes these responsibilities may hinder a student's ability to accomplish goals, leading to disappointment and frustration.  The Academic Support and Success team is available to serve adult learners and nontraditional students by helping them reach their full potential. 

There are many free academic resources offered to adult learners.  They include traditional in-person tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, virtual 24/7 tutoring through Tutor.com, Success Coaching, and evening academic workshops tailored to fit the needs of adults in college

Success Coaching

Success coaching is a support service that assists students with managing their time and workloads, communicating with faculty and staff, utilizing all free campus resources, and addressing faculty-issued alerts in JSU Navigate.  Adult learners are also given a short assessment called Life 101.  It assesses students’ strengths and weaknesses in areas such as developing a growth mindset, clearly communicating, working in teams, problem solving, adapting to change, and displaying academic grit. 

If you are interested in meeting with the Adult Learner Success Coach, follow the steps below to schedule an appointment.

1. Click – JSU Navigate link in MyJaxState account
2. Select – Schedule and Appointment (right corner)
3. Care Unit- Student Success Center
4. Location – Student Success Center Library 2^nd floor (or if a virtual meeting is required, select Virtual Office)
5. Service – Success Coaching
6. Select – Date
7. Select – Organizer (Brittany Crowe, Adult Learner Success Coach)
8. Select – Time
9. Save appointment (bottom of screen)

Parents in College Group

Information coming soon!